Kicker

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Kicker is an optional extra cost. A spell with kicker can be cast for its normal cost, or for that cost plus the kicker cost to get an added effect.

How it works

• You choose whether to pay the kicker cost as you cast the spell. The choice is locked in at that point.
• If the spell was kicked, its rules text grants the bonus effect when it resolves.
• The kicker cost can be mana or, on some cards, another cost such as paying life.

Rules notes

• A kicked spell still has the same mana value; kicker costs do not change mana value.
• Counters and copies see the spell as it was cast, including whether it was kicked.
• See also multikicker, a version of kicker that can be paid more than once.

Rule reference

[702.33]